Day labor is used almost exclusively on Hopson plantation, displacing the old tenants on the place. Cotton choppers are… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12330183/image-face-plant-handFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: farmer brings his cotton samples to the cotton broker. Clarksdale, Mississippi… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12327099/image-person-public-domain-womanFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Mexican seasonal labor contracted for by planters, picking cotton on Knowlton… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12244195/photo-image-face-person-skyFree Image from public domain licenseSoutheast Missouri Farms. Children of FSA (Farm Security Administration) client bringing in string beans by Russell Lee https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12167718/image-plant-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseMexican seasonal laborers weighing cotton they have picked on Knowlton Plantation, Perthshire, Mississippi Delta… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12319566/image-cloud-face-plantFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Fanny Lowe's family chopping cotton on Flint River Farms, Georgia] by Marion Post… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12109441/image-plant-person-artFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Corn shucking on farm near Fred Wilkins place. Granville County, North Carolina].… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12321665/image-cow-plant-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseTen families have been established by the Farm Security Administration (FSA) on the Mineral King Cooperative Farm, an old… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12109550/image-face-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseMember of Allen Plantation cooperative association hoeing cotton. Near Natchitoches, Louisiana. Sourced from the Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12329441/image-plant-person-skyFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Unloading bale of cotton from freight car at cotton compress, Houston, Texas] by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12167067/image-person-art-vintageFree Image from public domain license farmer unsatisfied with price offered him by one cotton buyer takes his samples up the street to another buyer. Clarksdale… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12328067/image-hand-person-public-domainFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Cotton Carnival, Memphis, Tennessee]. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12322144/image-person-public-domain-kidFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: day laborers brought in truck from nearby towns, waiting to be paid off for cotton… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12327110/image-face-hand-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseForming cotton bats which will fill mattress. Mattress factory. San Angelo, Texas by Russell Lee https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12148398/image-person-art-vintageFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Mexicans, seasonal labor, contracted for by planters, emptying bags of cotton on… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12244305/photo-image-plant-person-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseUnloading bale of cotton from freight car. Cotton compress, Houston, Texas by Russell Lee https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12169089/image-person-art-vintageFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Cotton pickers, Pulaski County, Arkansas]. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12318014/image-face-plant-handFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Truckload of Mexican migrants returning from Mississippi where they had been picking… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12169072/image-plant-person-artFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Taking the cotton from the truck into the gin through large metal suction tube. Hopson… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12328115/image-person-public-domain-factoryFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Day laborers being hired for cotton picking on Mississippi and Arkansas plantations.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12320672/image-person-sky-roadFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Mexican woman and children looking over side of truck which is taking them to their… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12108740/image-face-hand-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseWeighing up cotton on Sunflower Plantation, FSA (Farm Security Administration), project, Merigold, Mississippi by Marion… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12109418/image-plant-person-grassFree Image from public domain licenseCutting burlap bag to take sample of cotton from bale. Compress, Houston, Texas by Russell Lee https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12174714/image-person-art-vintageFree Image from public domain licenseDay labor now is used almost exclusively on Hopson Plantation, displacing the old tenants on the place. Cotton choppers are… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12329931/image-plant-person-skyFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Tents of Mexican labor brought from Texas by contractor for the duration of cotton… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12319687/image-flower-plant-personFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Day labor is used almost exclusively on Hopson plantation, displacing the old tenants… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12331033/image-plant-person-skyFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Unloading bale of cotton from freight car at cotton compress, Houston, Texas] by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12169360/image-person-art-vintageFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Cotton Carnival, Memphis, Tennessee]. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12244024/photo-image-face-hand-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseCotton checkers. San Joaquin Valley, California. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12246931/photo-image-person-public-domain-kidFree Image from public domain licenseFormer railroad man from Tennessee picking beans. Homestead, Florida. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12326742/image-plant-person-skyFree Image from public domain licenseBrownsville, Texas. Charro Days fiesta. Check room at El Rancho Grande, cotton compress plant converted into a dance hall. A… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12325966/image-plant-person-footballFree Image from public domain licenseSampling and grading cotton as to length and staple and grade under daylight conditions. Compress, Houston, Texas by Russell… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12174871/image-person-art-vintageFree Image from public domain licenseStoring tents from the FSA (Farm Security Administration) mobile camps at the permanent camp at Caldwell, Idaho, for winter… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12152650/image-person-art-vintageFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Cotton Carnival, Memphis, Tennessee]. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12322113/image-person-celebration-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseTrucker and weighing checker at unloading platform. Cotton compress, Houston, Texas by Russell Lee https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12169368/image-person-art-vintageFree Image from public domain licensePushing cotton seed onto conveyor. Cotton seed oil mill. McLennan County, Texas by Russell Lee https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12144072/image-person-art-vintageFree Image from public domain licenseMexicans, seasonal labor, contracted for by planters, emptying bags of cotton on Knowlton Plantation, Perthshire… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12244061/photo-image-cloud-person-skyFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Cotton Carnival, Memphis, Tennessee]. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12244022/photo-image-face-people-public-domainFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Mexican seasonal labor contracted for by planters, picking cotton on Knowlton… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12244182/photo-image-plant-person-grassFree Image from public domain license and white agricultural day laborers picking string beans in field near Muskogee, Oklahoma by Russell Lee https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12170350/image-plant-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseDaughter of white migrants repairing shoes with cotton thread. Sebastian, Texas by Russell Lee https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12175516/image-paper-hand-personFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Cotton "snake," waste cotton on sidewalk, and cotton samples being carried to sampling… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12320430/image-person-art-roadFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Cotton picker, Lake Dick Project, Arkansas] by Russell Lee https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12167156/image-plant-person-artFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: es shooting craps behind tenant house, disposing of their cotton money on Saturday… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12319532/image-people-public-domain-moneyFree Image from public domain licenseStatesville, North Carolina. The oldest son of J.A. Johnson picking cotton. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12320561/image-plant-person-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseCotton on the way to the gin. At right it is being taken out of the cotton house. Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12327169/image-cow-person-skyFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: es shooting craps behind tenant house, disposing of their cotton money on Saturday… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12319435/image-face-people-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseProject farmer with his cotton samples in the living room of his new home. Sunflower Plantations, Merigold, Mississippi… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12328334/image-dog-person-animalFree Image from public domain licenseTenants picking cotton on Highway 15, about seven miles south of Chapel Hill. Chatham County, North Carolina. Sourced from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12330988/image-plant-person-grassFree Image from public domain license tenant on top of wagonload of cotton, waiting to go to gin. Delta and Pine Land Company, Scott, Mississippi Delta… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12319230/image-face-hand-personFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: On U.S. 99. Near Brawley, Imperial County. Homeless mother and youngest child of seven… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12109552/image-face-people-artFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: worker who does housework when not picking cotton. Near Natchitoches, Louisiana].… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12329923/image-face-hand-personFree Image from public domain licenseSoutheast Missouri Farms. FSA (Farm Security Administration) client sitting on load of cotton seed by Russell Lee https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12109791/image-face-hand-personFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Action in loading a bale of cotton onto truck for transporting to compress. Houston… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12174872/image-person-art-vintageFree Image from public domain licenseInterior of Memphis cotton exchange just before closing. Tennessee. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12328651/image-people-public-domain-manFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Cotton samples in front of cotton exchange building, Front Street, Memphis… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12320437/image-face-person-artFree Image from public domain license"Riders" bring in the sacks of cotton on mule's back from the field to the wagon where it is unloaded and weighed. This is… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12244099/photo-image-plant-person-grassFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Putting grappling hooks on bale of cotton. The bale will be weighed as it swings in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12170400/image-person-art-vintageFree Image from public domain licenseRolling round bale of cotton at compress. Houston, Texas. These are not full bales by Russell Lee https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12143902/image-person-art-vintageFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Cotton picking scene, Pike County, Mississippi]. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12313497/image-plant-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseHistory of the cotton manufacture in Great Britain: with a notice of its early history in the East, and in all the quarters… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13999728/image-person-art-patternFree Image from public domain license tenants picking cotton on Highway 15 about seven miles south of Chapel Hill. Chatham County, North Carolina. Sourced from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12329750/image-plant-person-public-domainFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Tents of Mexican labor brought from Texas by contractor for the duration of cotton… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12243657/photo-image-plant-person-public-domainFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Son of a cotton sharecropper, Lauderdale County, Mississippi]. Sourced from the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12313223/image-plant-person-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseWeighing in cotton. San Joaquin Valley, California. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12246876/photo-image-plant-person-skyFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Chopping cotton on rented land. Near White Plains, Greene County, Georgia]. Sourced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12324042/image-person-sky-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseTruckload of Mexican migrants returning to their homes in the Rio Grande Valley from Mississippi where they had been picking… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12169094/image-person-art-vintageFree Image from public domain licenseMigratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, California. These pickers are paid seventy-five cents per… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12246841/photo-image-flower-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseTent belonging to Mexican labor from Texas, who was brought here for the duration of the cotton picking season. Hopson… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12321227/image-plant-person-treeFree Image from public domain licenseAction in loading a bale of cotton onto truck for transporting to compress. Houston, Texas by Russell Lee https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12174886/image-plant-person-artFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Day laborers by cotton house after picking cotton on Marcella Plantation, Mileston… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12319188/image-plant-people-skyFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: J.A. Johnson's youngest son picking cotton, Statesville, North Carolina]. Sourced from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12320557/image-face-flower-plantFree Image from public domain licenseMr. and Mrs. J.A. Johnson picking cotton, Statesville, North Carolina. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12244060/photo-image-plant-person-public-domainFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Baling hay on the Mary E. Jones place of about 140 acres. The sons W.E. and R.E. Jones… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12243573/photo-image-cows-person-skyFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: man slashes bale of cotton to take sample as it passes him on a hand truck. Cotton… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12168998/image-hand-person-artFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Cotton field showing rock-strewn soil and character of land at Crabtree Creek… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12309061/image-face-plant-handFree Image from public domain licenseTaking a load of cotton out of the cotton house in the wagon to the gin. Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12327436/image-person-horse-skyFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Cotton Carnival, Memphis, Tennessee]. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12322121/image-person-road-public-domainFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Classing cotton in factor's office, Memphis, Tennessee]. Sourced from the Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12321408/image-person-art-public-domainFree Image from public domain licensePicking cotton on plantation outside Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12228632/image-flower-plant-personFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Sampling cotton in classing room of cotton factor's office. Memphis, Tennessee] by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12109177/image-person-art-vintageFree Image from public domain licenseFarmer and son near Stanton, Texas. Haven't made a crop of cotton since 1932. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12245553/photo-image-person-horse-animalFree Image from public domain license sharecropper, Will Cole, picking cotton. The owner is Mrs. Rigsby, a white woman. About five miles below Chapel Hill, going… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12244312/photo-image-flower-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseCotton merchants with cotton lint on suits in Memphis cotton exchange, Tennessee. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12327814/image-person-shirt-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseLoading cotton. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California. Sourced from the Library of Congress. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12245766/photo-image-face-person-skyFree Image from public domain license[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Weighing in a hamper of peas. Labor contractor's pea pickers crew, Nampa, Idaho.] by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12172658/image-plant-person-artFree Image from public domain license"Killing the spiders" on a bale of cotton. This means knocking down the jagged edges and wire joints. In Texas there is a… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/12176037/image-person-art-vintageFree Image from public domain license